About:Blank Hijacker

How To Finally Annihilate
About:Blank Parasites... Even If
You Have Given Up Hope And
Are Considering Starting From
Scratch With A New Hard Disk

At The Very Worst, It Will Cost You Less Than $30 To
Definitively Axe Your Rude, Invasive, Virtual Parasites...
And Regain Full Control Of Your PC. You Might Even
Get Lucky And Get Rid Of The Problem For Free.

I'll Show You How...

If you have About:Blank infiltrated into your PC, then you know what a royal pain in the butt it is! Good news! You're about to learn how to nuke the sucker!...

How Do You Know That You Have The
About:Blank Hijacker Messing Up Your PC?

This problem can be caused by various means, as there are literally 100s of variants of About:Blank, but usually the problem is caused by a browser hijacker. If your browser always opens About:Blank and you cannot change it permanently, then you probably have a browser hijacker infection on your PC.

Browser hijackers are programs that usually stealth install and change the web browser's default home page, effectively making you a virtual prisoner of a website. It may also install an unwanted toolbar on your web browser and/or spawn pop-up advertising. The "pirate owner" of the browser hijacker earns revenue from the advertisements displayed on the infected PC... a.k.a. virtual, blood-sucking leeches (that's an insult to leeches)...

You are probably getting sick and tired of having a hijacked browser that...

1. Replaces your home page with a new one titled "about:blank". This page contains a pseudo-search engine with various directory "shopping" subjects. Note: The hijacker earns money when you click on these directory links.

2. Installs a Browser Helper Object into Internet Explorer. This BHO consumes system resources and slows down your internet connection.

3. Restores itself after its file directory is deleted.

4. Restores its registry settings once they have been deleted.

5. Is difficult to remove from memory.

6. Starts with the operating system. If you remove it from the auto-start settings, it will restore itself there.

7. Later versions change their executable to avoid detection by the simple hash recognition algorithms that most anti-spyware products use.

8. May also store executable code in your temporary internet explorer files.

Might Be Caused By A Sinister Worm...

The Love Letter Worm is another culprit for setting the default home page to About:Blank. Worms and viruses are self-replicating programs that travel from computer to computer by various means.

Both can be very destructive, but the main difference between them is that viruses insert themselves into files whereas worms replace files. The Love Letter Worm can be removed by anti-virus programs and by some anti-spyware programs. We'll get to that.

Activities associated with spyware and browser hijackers like About:Blank are now prohibited by a bill approved by the US House of Representatives:

• SPY ACT
• I-SPY ACT

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to stop its vast propagation, and these Acts certainly won't eliminate this nasty bugger off of your machine! But at least the government recognizes the vastness of this problem.

How To Get Rid Of About:Blank,
Maybe For Free...

Step One - You might get lucky and have an older variant of About:Blank, this might allow you to get rid of it with free resources. It's worth trying, but don't count on it - About:Blank is nasty, with 100s of variants. You might chop one "head" and find another that takes its place!

1) The very first thing you need to do is scan your system with a variety of different tools to successfully locate and remove the infection. The About:Blank home page problem can be caused by spyware, browser hijackers and even computer worm infections, that's why you need to cover your bases with different tools.

* Scan your system with your anti-virus program, but make sure you have the latest update. This step may catch a very small percentage of About:Blank problems. I personally recommend you use Avast anti-virus.

* If you have an older version of Windows (Microsoft™ Windows™ XP/2000/Me/98 SE) do a free scan with Trend Micro's CWShredder - CWShredder specializes in removing CoolWWWSearch spyware that was prevalant back in 2005.

* Free scan with PC Tools' Spyware Doctor anti-spyware with anti-virus to locate any spyware and viruses  (register for $39.90 to remove spyware). This will detect a broad spectrum of spyware, worms and browser hijackers known to cause about:blank hijacks.

* Also do a free scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Malwarebytes has a good reputation for removing rogue applications and provides free removal.

2) Once the About:Blank hijacker is completely removed, reboot your PC and follow the normal procedure to change the browser home page. In Internet Explorer, click the browser's Tools > Internet Options and then update the address for the default home page.

If this first attempt doesn't work, or you want About:Blank to disappear now, no messing around, do this...

Definitive Step To Nuke About:Blank...

About:blank removal can be extremely troublesome and can persist (a hidden component can re-install it later) so if you do run into any difficulties removing About:Blank with Spyware Doctor or Malwarebytes, PC Tools' Customer Support Team can and will assist you one-on-one to get rid of it safely and definitively.

You have to be a purchasing customer of Spyware Doctor to get access to their customer support, but they will eliminate the problem for you.

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There are other anti-spyware programs on the market, but they all run into problems. Most don't seem to be effective at removing the about:blank hijacker problem. Spyware Doctor does not use the older out-dated anti-virus techniques employed by other anti-spyware programs. Spyware is a modern threat and requires specialized methods for detection and repair.

Spyware Doctor has excellent customer service and will help you, one-on-one to find and eliminate your About:Blank problem - it's a miniscule investment to gain full control of your PC again.

I sincerely hope the info on this page helps you to free your PC (and keep it free) of these darn About:Blank parasites!

Take my word for it, go to the Spyware Doctor Webpage and let the Pros help you. In the end, you'll honestly save time and money.

My warmest regards,

Wayne Davis

P.S. Please feel free to personally if you have any questions.

P.P.S. Spyware Doctor is also constantly being upgraded to annihilate more of these pests as they come to light.